2015 Annual Short Course in Computational Biophotonics (UC Irvine)

Dear Biophotonics Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce our third Annual Short Course on Computational
Biophotonics (SCCB) to be held at UC Irvine on 10-14 August 2015 (flyer
attached). This short course builds upon the success of our previous short
courses in 2013 and 2014, as well as three successful Virtual Photonics
Workshops held in 2009, 2010, and 2011. SCCB 2015 is enabled by funding from
the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).

The weeklong short course format features lectures on computational modeling,
biomedical applications, technology demonstrations and hands-on training using
our open-source GUI-based Virtual Tissue Simulator platform. Each day of the
short course will be dedicated to a single biomedical theme that is linked to a
relevant computational modeling unit. Morning sessions are devoted to lectures
on both computational modeling and the biomedical context. Afternoon sessions
will be devoted to technology demonstrations, problem-based learning
computational laboratories, and interactive presentations and discussions of
laboratory findings. The five daily themes are (a) Light-Tissue Interactions;
(b) Optical Dosimetry; (c) Diffuse Optics; (d) Optical Imaging; and (e)
Biological Microscopy. Like last year, we also expect to incorporate hands-on
experiments where participants will gain the experience of acquiring optical
data and analyzing it using the tools provided in the Short Course. Ample
social time will be available during the lunch hour and organized dinners.

We would welcome nominations from you for graduate and/or post-doctoral
students who are either relatively new to Biophotonics or that you feel would
benefit from attending this Short Course. Enrollment will be limited to
facilitate active engagement and participation from all the attendees. The
registration fee for students and post-docs is $700 w/o lodging or $1100
including lodging (double occupancy with another short course attendee). NIH
funding allows us to offer competitive scholarships to student and
post-doctoral attendees who are US citizens or permanent residents to partially
or fully offset the costs to attend.

Participation by university faculty and non-academic participants is also
encouraged. For SCCB 2014, faculty and industry participation constituted
roughly 1/3 of the total attendees and the registration fee schedule is
provided in the attached flyer.

To inform our evaluation and selection of scholarship candidates, we ask you to
submit a recommendation letter in support of your nominee, the nominee's cv,
and a statement of purpose written by the nominee that outlines their
educational background, research interests, and rationale behind their desire
to attend SCCB 2015. We would appreciate submission of complete nomination
packages for student participation no later than July 6, 2015. Applicant
who do not require financial support should also contact us with their
intent to register by July 6, 2015.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us and do feel free
to disseminate this announcement and attached flyer broadly. We look forward to
hearing from you.

Best Regards,

Vasan Venugopalan and Jerry Spanier
vvenugop@uci.edu jspanier@uci.edu
Co-directors, Annual Short Course in Computational Biophotonics


Link to 2014 Short Course Materials

http://www.bli.uci.edu/vp/wiki/index.php/Computational_Biophotonics:_Short_Course_2014

Links to 2009, 2010, and 2011 Workshop Materials

http://www.bli.uci.edu/vp/wiki/index.php/VirtualPhotonics:Workshop_2009
http://www.bli.uci.edu/vp/wiki/index.php/Virtual_Photonics:_Workshop_2010
http://www.bli.uci.edu/vp/wiki/index.php/VirtualPhotonics:Workshop_2011

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